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Siniša Oreščanin
Siniša Oreščanin (born 30 July 1972) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who was recently the manager of Prva HNL club Gorica. Playing career Oreščanin started his football career at a younger age in cadets and juniors at Dinamo Zagreb as a central midfielder, and spent his senior career at several lower league clubs in Zagreb and the surrounding area. He also played for Croatian clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina for a while. On three occasions, he played for NK Maksimir and besides it, he played for NK Sesvete, Dugo Selo, ZET, TŠK, Sesvetski Kraljevec and Lučko, and during the 1990s he played for HNK Ljubuški and Sloga Uskoplje in the First League of Herzeg-Bosnia. Playing for Ljubuški he also won two Herceg-Bosnia Cup titles.A. A.Novi trener Hajduka u dresu hercegovačkog kluba osvojio dva Kupa Herceg-Bosne pogled.ba, Retrieved 13 February 2018. He ended his playing career in 2006 as the captain of Maksimir. Managerial career Ore� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zagreb
Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level, above sea level. At the 2021 census, the city itself had a population of 767,131, while the population of Zagreb metropolitan area is 1,086,528. The oldest settlement in the vicinity of the city was the Roman Andautonia, in today's Šćitarjevo. The historical record of the name "Zagreb" dates from 1134, in reference to the foundation of the settlement at Kaptol, Zagreb, Kaptol in 1094. Zagreb became a free royal city in 1242. In 1851, Janko Kamauf became Zagreb's List of mayors of Zagreb, first mayor. Zagreb has special status as a Administrative divisions of Croatia, Croatian administrative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HNK Gorica
Hrvatski nogometni klub Gorica (), commonly referred to as HNK Gorica, is a Croatian football club based in the town of Velika Gorica, located just south of the Croatian capital Zagreb. They play their home matches at the Gradski stadion Velika Gorica, which has a capacity of 5,200. They won the 2010–11 Croatian Second Football League title and were initially promoted to Croatian First Football League, but their top license was revoked. The club regard themselves as the spiritual continuation of the former Prva HNL members NK Radnik, who went bankrupt and were dissolved in 2009. However, legally HNK Gorica is a distinct and separate club, and is not entitled to claim the history of the old NK Radnik. History There is a long lasting tradition of football in Velika Gorica and region of Turopolje. First organized clubs were founded during the 1930s but the most prominent football club, NK Radnik, was created in 1945, just after the end of World War II. Radnik enjoyed averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Željko Kopić
Željko Kopić (born 10 September 1977) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Liga I club Dinamo București. Playing career Club In his playing days, Željko Kopić played as a midfielder. He played in the younger age categories of NK Osijek and GNK Dinamo Zagreb. In his senior career, he played for Croatian clubs NK Čakovec, NK Marsonia and NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac and an Australian club Sydney United 58 FC. Managerial career After his playing career, Željko Kopić became a coach. In 2006, he received the UEFA B coaching diploma, and since 2013 he has the UEFA PRO coaching diploma. At the beginning of his coaching career, he worked at the football school of NK Hrvatski Dragovoljac, and later became an assistant coach of the first team. His first independent job in senior football was NK Zagorec from Krapina, after which he took over HNK Segesta from Sisak. Then, he worked first as an assistant, and later as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Second Football League
The Croatian Second Football League (), commonly Druga NL or 2. NL, is the third tier of the Croatian football league system. The league was established in 1991, following the dissolution of the Yugoslav League. It is operated by the Croatian Football Federation. It was previously known as the Third Football League, but was renamed with the other leagues for the start of the 2022–23 season. Rules , at least three players under 21 years of age must play in each match, and only two foreign nationals are permitted to play for each team. Format Since its inception in 1992, the league has changed formats several times. In its inaugural season, the league had four divisions (North, Center, South and West). In the 1992–93 season, a fifth division was added (East). The five-group league continued until the 2006–07 season when the league was re-organised and reduced to three geographical divisions with 18 clubs in each group. As of 2018, teams are promoted only if they have a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Split, Croatia
Split (, ), historically known as Spalato (; ; see #Name, other names), is the List of cities and towns in Croatia, second-largest city of Croatia after the capital Zagreb, the largest city in Dalmatia and the largest city on the Croatian coast. The Split metropolitan area is home to about 330,000 people. It lies on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea and is spread over a central peninsula and its surroundings. An intraregional transport hub and popular tourist destination, the city is linked to the List of islands in the Adriatic, Adriatic islands and the Apennine Peninsula. More than 1 million tourists visit it each year. The city was founded as the Greek colonisation, Greek colony of Aspálathos () in the 3rd or 2nd century BCE on the coast of the Illyrians, Illyrian Dalmatae, and in 305 CE, it became the site of Diocletian's Palace, the Palace of the Roman emperor Diocletian. It became a prominent settlement around 650 when it succeeded the ancient capital of the Roman Emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Nassr FC
Al-Nassr Football Club () is a professional Association football, football club based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The club competes in the Saudi Pro League, the top tier of the Saudi football league system. Al-Nassr is List of unrelegated association football clubs#Never relegated, one of only three clubs to have participated in every season of the Saudi Pro League, highest-tier Saudi leagues since their inception. In addition to football, Al-Nassr is a multi-sports club with teams in various sports, including handball, basketball, esports, volleyball, and more, catering to both men and women of all ages. Al-Nassr has won 28 official titles across multiple competitions. In domestic competitions, they have claimed the Saudi Pro League, Saudi top tier league 9 times, three Saudi Crown Prince Cup, Crown Prince's Cup titles, and three Saudi Federation Cup titles. They have also won 6 King's Cup (Saudi Arabia), King's Cup titles and two Saudi Super Cup, Super Cup titles. At the conti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester United Premier Cup
The Manchester United Premier Cup is a global youth football tournament that was established by Nike in 1993. History The tournament was established by Nike in 1993 as the Nike Premier Cup and featured 624 teams from 15 European countries. The following year, the tournament expanded into the Asian continent, increasing the number of teams to 1,067, before adding a further 284 teams from the Latin American region in 1995 to reach 1,351 competing clubs. Chile hosted the first South American tournament that year as Universidad de Chile were crowned the first Latin American champions of the competition. In 1996, the tournament was reorganised to include a World Finals stage following the regional tournaments. The regional tournaments served to whittle down the competing teams from over 2,500 to just 12 for the finals tournament held in Cape Town, South Africa in 1997. This structure was followed from 1996 to 2001, when it was decided that the host team and the national champions f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (association Football)
The captain of a association football, football/soccer team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team; they are often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game or has good leadership qualities. The team captain is usually identified by the wearing of an armband. In the 2024/25 edition of the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, it was made mandatory for each team to have a captain and for each captain to be identified by the previously traditional but non-mandatory captain's armband. Responsibilities The only official responsibility of a captain specified by the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game is to participate in the Coin flipping, coin toss prior to Kick-off (association football), kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out (association football), penalty shoot-out. Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First League Of Herzeg-Bosnia
The First League of Herzeg-Bosnia ( Croatian: Prva liga Herceg-Bosne) served as the top football league in Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia during the Bosnian War and post-war periods of the 1990s. During these years, football was divided along ethnic lines, with the Croat, Bosniak and Serb populations each running their own league. Because Bosniaks were the only group interested in a distinctly Bosnian-Herzegovinian league and national team, only their league was recognized by the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The league formed in 1993. In the 1997/1998 season, the top Croat teams began facing the top Bosniak teams for entrance to UEFA tournaments, something that had been denied the Herzeg-Bosnia league on its own. This setup lasted until the 2000/2001 season when the two leagues merged to form the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina. First League Champions * 1993–94 - Mladost-Dubint Široki Brijeg – Mario Prskalo (10 goals, Mladost-Dubint Široki Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NK Bigeste Ljubuški
NK may refer to: Businesses *Imerys, a French mining multinational (Euronext ticker:NK) *Nordiska Kompaniet, a Swedish department store *Northrup-King Seed Company, U.S. *Spirit Airlines, U.S. (IATA:NK) * NK.pl, a Polish social network (2006–2021) Organisations *Neturei Karta, a group of anti-zionist orthodox Jews *Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, a ship classification society * NK (), a name suffix for Croatian and Slovenian football clubs Places *North Korea, a country in Asia *Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a ''de facto'' state (1991–2023) *Nikšić, Montenegro (license plate:NK) *North Kingstown, Rhode Island, U.S. **North Kingstown High School Other uses *NK (singer), a Ukrainian singer *Naik (military rank), in certain South Asian armies *Natural killer cell, in medicine *Neue Kerze ('new candle'; nk), original name for the photometric unit the candela *Norwegian krone, a currency *Normal Country (, NK), a Polish right-wing political party A political party is an organization ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian First Football League
The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Established in 1992, it was previously called Prva Hrvatska nogometna liga (1. HNL; ), but a league structure reorganization from 2022–23 led to name changes for the three top league levels. Overview The league was formed in 1991, following the independence of Croatia and the creation of a separate Croatian league from the Yugoslav First League. This newly formed league was operated by the Croatian Football Federation. Since its formation, the league went through many changes in its system and number of participating clubs. In the first three seasons two points were awarded for a win, from 1994–95 Prva HNL, 1994–95 season this was changed to three points. Each season starts in late July or early August and ends in May, with a two-month hiatus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football Player
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby league, and rugby union. It has been estimated that there are 250 million association football players in the world, and many play other forms of football. Career Jean-Pierre Papin has described football as a "universal language". Footballers across the world and at almost any level may regularly attract large crowds of spectators, and players are the focal points of widespread social phenomena such as association football culture. Footballers usually begin as amateurs and the best players progress to become professional players. Normally they start at a youth team (any local team) and from there, based on skill and talent, scouts offer contracts. Once signed, some learn to play better football and a few advance to the senior or profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
